Driven by Prayer (1 of 2)
Ernest L. Easley
John 14.12-14
For some time now . . . God's been dealing with me in my quiet times about our church. And it's from those sessions with the Lord that I want to talk to you about tonight.
I believe that First Baptist Church is at the crossroads . . .. A millennium crossroad! We cannot enter this new millennium as we're concluding this present millennium. We're coasting rather than crusading! We're comfortable rather than convicted! We're playing rather than praying. And I am convinced that God has so much in store for First Baptist Church than what we're experiencing!
Now some churches are driven by special programs! Whereas other churches are driven by suave personalities! Other churches are driven by stimulating pep! But the churches that experience the unleashing of God's power are the churches driven by steady prayer!
Not programs . . . though programs are important. Not personalities . . . though God works through anointed leaders. Not pep . . . though enthusiasm is need. But prayer!! The kind of prayer that convicts the heart! The kind of prayer that cleanses the soul! The kind of prayer that cures the body! The kind of prayer we read about in the Word of God!
For instance . . .. the Prophet Elijah when he prayed, 'Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that You are the Lord God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again. Then the fire of the Lord fell . . .'' (1 Kings 19.37-38a). And how I hunger for the fire of the Lord to fall upon us!
When it was physically impossible for Hannah to have a child .. she prayed, ''Lord, if you'll give me a child I will give him to you all the days of his life'' and nine months later Samuel was born! How I hunger to see God work miracles in the lives of those in need!
When King Hezekiah was on his death bed . . .Isaiah came and told him to set his house in order because he was going to die . . .. Th ...
Ernest L. Easley
John 14.12-14
For some time now . . . God's been dealing with me in my quiet times about our church. And it's from those sessions with the Lord that I want to talk to you about tonight.
I believe that First Baptist Church is at the crossroads . . .. A millennium crossroad! We cannot enter this new millennium as we're concluding this present millennium. We're coasting rather than crusading! We're comfortable rather than convicted! We're playing rather than praying. And I am convinced that God has so much in store for First Baptist Church than what we're experiencing!
Now some churches are driven by special programs! Whereas other churches are driven by suave personalities! Other churches are driven by stimulating pep! But the churches that experience the unleashing of God's power are the churches driven by steady prayer!
Not programs . . . though programs are important. Not personalities . . . though God works through anointed leaders. Not pep . . . though enthusiasm is need. But prayer!! The kind of prayer that convicts the heart! The kind of prayer that cleanses the soul! The kind of prayer that cures the body! The kind of prayer we read about in the Word of God!
For instance . . .. the Prophet Elijah when he prayed, 'Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that You are the Lord God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again. Then the fire of the Lord fell . . .'' (1 Kings 19.37-38a). And how I hunger for the fire of the Lord to fall upon us!
When it was physically impossible for Hannah to have a child .. she prayed, ''Lord, if you'll give me a child I will give him to you all the days of his life'' and nine months later Samuel was born! How I hunger to see God work miracles in the lives of those in need!
When King Hezekiah was on his death bed . . .Isaiah came and told him to set his house in order because he was going to die . . .. Th ...
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